So, how about them tasty bananas? Yep, the rumors are true. Popular Science says they share approximately 44.1 percent of the same genes as human beings, while the National Human Genome Research Institute raises that number to the 60 percent range, according to Business Insider. Yikes! Before you go dressing your bananas in cute little outfits and name tags, though, realize that cucumbers also share 37.7 percent of your genes. In fact, all food — yes, everything you've ever digested — contains DNA, and in that regard, there's nothing particularly unique about bananas. Keep in mind, as Get Science points out, all forms of life evolved from a single-celled common ancestor. That's why so much overlap exists, so these genetic similarities aren't really as funky as they sound. 

So, relax. You don't have to give up your grandma's chocolate chip banana bars, because banana eating doesn't count as cannibalism. But yes, on a genetic level, humans and bananas are arguably more similar than different. 

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